Butch Declares for England or France and Lisbon Voyage News
An April Portsmouth letter discusses shifting neutrality and potential declarations for England or France, with light-horse bound for Lisbon in two weeks. It records captures of Virginia tobacco ships by French forces then recaptured by HMS Brilliant, and updates on arrivals, marriages, and crimes, including thefts and a self-inflicted throat injury. It notes exports and imports with Lisbon, Hamburg, Holland, Germany, and Bremen, and lists ships and destinations along the Channel and North Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butch
England
France
Lisbon
Portsmouth
Elizabeth
Anne
Goland
Virginia
London
Brilliant
Logie
Rodney Schower
Henry
Guadalupe
Dolphin
Down
Carolina
Edmonton
Thomas Hunt
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
Eleanor Joy
Col
Fortune
Fulham
Edward Bridgen
Pater-nofter-row
Richardson
Parsons-green
Samuel Richardson
Salishbury-court
Barden
Buiter
Iver
Uxbridge
Siddall
Cheapside
Germany
Holland
Wales
Taffey
Mya
Mrs
Hungary
Europe
Paddington
Tyburn
St. Dunstan
Saine
Doctor Squintum
Mischich
Alerman Pitt
Bank and Stock Table from Old Almanac Fragment
A concise listing of old stock and bond entries with per cent rates and annuity references. Includes Bank Confols, India Anno and India Bonds, 4 per Cent bonds, Navy and Vic Bills, and long annuities with noted premiums and dates 1741 1762 and similar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
South Sea
Bank Confol
Prem. Navy & Vic
Diftee Ney Cts
O.naiun
Amsterdam to Rotterdam Rail Exercise From 1935
Reports show a dated railway or transport snippet mentioning Amsterdam Rotterdam Antwerp Paris and Bourdeaux with prices and dates. The fragment references a trip or schedule and a Paris date for Pirro, with numbers suggesting fares or times and a US 29 marker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Hemburgh
Paris
Pirro
Bourdeaux Dittof
Trade Goods and Prices from a Historic Market List
A dense catalog of commodities with prices per unit or weight across tea, dyes, chemicals, spices, gums, fabrics, and raw materials. Entries include various teas such as Congou Souchong Pekoe and related fines, spices like Spanish Annatto and Cochineal, dyes, gums, grains, sugars, and imported goods with monetary quotes in old currency. The list notes uncertain or unclear items and references multiple ports and origins, reflecting a broad 19th or early 20th century trade ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EA Borza
Indico Gu. Flo
Roach
Asa —Bologna
Port
Naples
Angola
Brazil
Jamaica
Trade prices and commodities across colonies and ports
A dense ledger of current prices for coffee East India, cocoa, spices, woods, and maritime goods. Entries cover Jamaica, Guadaloupe, Martinico, Cayenne, Barbados, Nevis, St Domingo, and other ports with rates for canes, gums, oils, dyes, rum, lead, tin, and various prize duties. Several items marked uncertain or by the Ib. Indico with per ton or per C. measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Martinico
él-Jamaica
Guadaloupe Ditco
Grand Exhibition of Sign Painters Draws Sharp Critique
A letter to the printer complains about a Thursday Grand Exhibition of sign painters. The writer mocks the signs and busts as badly executed, denounces petty theft at the event, and previews choicest misproductions including Hogarth and a headless woman carving the display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mysel
Mr.eHogarth
The Despiser of all Tricking Gazetteer letter
A Despiser of all Tricking denounces a mock exhibition of entertainments with a list of numbered caricatures and scenes. The writer condemns the organizers for imposition and theft of catalogues, urging punishment for those involved and peers to reject the deceitful display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anc
Tam
The Crucifixion Dream Refrain In Blood and Fire
A highly legible fragment presents apocalyptic verse on the crucifixion and the world’s doom. It evokes the earth trembling the dead rising and nature mourning, urging restraint to save the world, then hints at a public scene and a call to endure judgment and chaos yet to unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Lloyd
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Dito
Cadiz
Madrid
Bilboa
Leghorn
Genoa
Venice
Porto
Mexico
Per Oz
St. James’s
Mier
Currans
Ginver
Barba
White
Black
Guadaloupe
Sago
Rice
Sugar Jamaica
Cyprus
Bengal
Pruana Ragitz
Lethuania
Ukr
New-England
Stockholm
Ib. Indico
C. Loywood Camp
Honduras
Cape de Verde
Canary
Malabar
Sugar Nevis
Barbados
Iftclay
St. Domingo
Guadaloup
Chandize
Tron
Gottenburgh
Siberia
Moscow
America
Colebrook Dale
Leeward Islands
Haar
Gazetteer
Erne
R. Ant J. Dodiley
J. Chinxman
Amarath
G- Hearfly
Sophia
Secon
British Museum
Remerks
J. Dorey
Pall-Mall
Polybius
Mr Hampton
R and J. Dodsley
Ireland
Rhac
W. Nicholly
St. Paul’s Church-Yards
Theatre Royal
Drury
Lane
T. Becket
P. A. de Hondt
Polly Honeycomb
Dantel Webb
J. Dodfly
Auchor
Posery
Adry
Teva
J. Newbery
W-Bristow
St. Pauls Church
Hogerth
Bafire
Henry Fielding
York
A. Millar
Strand
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